I just had the most lovely week at Everwood Farmstead! If you’re an artist looking to get away and enjoy beautiful rural scenery (see below), check it out. The owners, Chris and Bill, were so welcoming, and the caretakers, Lisa and Adam were a great support.

 

I was able to work on a new series of wall-based sculptures, some watercolors, and my walking book.

 

An extra bonus was all the wildlife! I saw cranes, and hummingbirds, deer, chickens, baby robins, and this one black squirrel who ate all the mushrooms in the yard!

I was interviewed for this article in Mpls St. Paul Magazine discussing zines! Read the whole thing here.

I was excited to be included in Left Field v.2, a collaboration with ACAB: A Community Arts Bandwagon. My work, Leisure Tests 07, was included in the screening.

Participating artists included: Bo Young An, Marcelese Cooper, Jessica Carolina González, Sky Maggoire, R1 Martens, Nancy Julia Hicks, myself, and Kieran Myles-Andrés Tverbakk.

Did you know you can order printed copies of my social practice zines from MN Center for Book Arts? Or if you’re just looking for PDFs, you can order them in my shop.

Saturday, June 12 at 1:30pm we screened Leisure Tests at Trylon Cinema, and also held a Q&A session afterwards. It was so fun to gather with others again and enjoy a video work in a real theatre!

Many thanks to everyone who attended, and thank you to Chris Rackley for the thoughtful re-cap video posted to Instagram! Thanks too to the folks at Trylon Cinema who were a dream to work with – everything went so smoothly, and for a very reasonable rental fee. Be sure to reach out to them for your next screening project.

 

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